[Coco] more 1 bit madness

Steve Batson steve at batsonphotography.com
Tue Jan 21 08:45:38 EST 2014


On Jan 20, 2014, at 10:24 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> This is definetely the case. 
> 
> What may have also swayed them away from providing sound is that Tandy sold
> a sound and speech cartridge. They probably thought "There's your sound
> chip!" and "we can profit by selling that as an add-on expansion" (along
> with a multi-pak!).
> 
> With Tandy it was always about money. Keep costs down and profits up.
> 
> Nick
> 



In all fairness, you can't fault Tandy for doing what any smart business should be doing, working to maximize profits. The gripe most of us have, is how they usually went about it. 





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